Baby Names Sure to Shock Grandma

A bold word name choice for the intrepid baby namer who hopes her son will face the world with a sense of discovery.

The name of Beethoven's third symphony, and too close to the word erotica.

Slightly awkward girl's version of a straightforward male name.

Jansen is an intriguing way to honor an ancestral John; Jantzen is a brand of swimwear.

For your Starbucks order, not your baby.

As soon as a name becomes mega-popular, parents start to look for spelling variations to set their child apart. This is one of the less graceful ones.

Since girls have already coopted Tyson (singer Nenah Cherry's daughter, for one), no need to go to these lengths to feminize it.

Configuration coined by troubled former NBA star Jayson Williams for his daughter.

Cloris is bad enough without shortening. Consider FLOR instead, a beautiful Spanish name.